Automatic vehicle-brake



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

H. PATIO.

AUTOMATIC VEHICLE BRAKE.

No. 341,325. Patented May 4, 1886.

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(No Model.)

H. PATIO.

AUTOMATIG VEHICLE BRAKE.

Patented May 4,1886.

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2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

HENRY FATIG, OF MIDDLETO\VN, INDIANA.

AUTOMATIC VEHICLE-BRAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 341,325, dated May 4, 1886,

Application filed September 13,1885. Serial No. l7G.1'l3. (Nonmdch) T 0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY FATIO, of Middletown, in the county of Henry, in the State of Indiana, have invented an Automatic \Vagon- Brake, of which the following is a specificaa double-tree carrying single-trees N N; D, a brake-bar, and H the ground-wheels of a vehicle. I connect the brake-bar D with a crankrod, 0, which turns in bearings upon the rear hounds, m, and carries the end pinion, a, which slides longitudinally on rod c, so as to come in or out of gear with the axle-pinion b. Ordinarily the spring r holds pinion a out of gear with pinion I) until its tension is overcome by a greater force. To obtain the latter I conmeet with the rod (2, to which the spring is attached, the elbow-lever E. lhis is connected by a rod,f, with the hook-and-eye lever F, which is attached to the slide B. XVhen the team holds back in going downhill, the slide Bis operated by the tongue, so as to throw the pinion a into gear with the pinion I), which causes the crank rod to be turned down. This throws the brake-bar D so as to lock the rear wheels, where it is held by a detent on the platform Z and a rack on the bottom of the bar D, as clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

In order to unlock the brake, I use the bent bar j and rod 2', the latter attached to the rear end of tongue, so that as soon as the team takes a pull on the load the detent is pulled out of the rack, and the brake-bar D is carried by its retractingsprings out of contact with the wheels.

hat I claim, and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of brake-bar D, provided with retractirig-springs, the crank-rod c, the slide-pinion a, the axle-pinion b, the spring 1', the rod d, the elbow-lever E, the rod f, the hook-andeye lever F, and the slide B, the. latter attached to the wagon-tongue, as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination, with the brake-bar D, having rack on under side, platform I, carrying detent, the bar j, and the rod 2, the latter attached to the rear end of tongue, as and for the purpose specified.

HENRY FATIG.

\Vitnesses:

J onN T. LEIBHARD'I, BENTON FATIC. 

